Headlines
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Joint call for $19 co-payment
Thursday | Mar 13 2025LEADING health and community voices including the Pharmacy Guild of Australia are calling for bipartisan support to reduce the maximum out-of-pocket cost of prescription medicine to $19.
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Pharmacists thanked for stepping up
Thursday | Mar 13 2025TODAY is Thank Your Pharmacist Day, and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) is celebrating the nation's 40,000 pharmacists, recognising their dedication and impact across all areas of practice and in all corners of the country.
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Editor’s Choice: Happy Kat post-partum personal care
Thursday | Mar 13 2025HAPPY Kat is the first pharmacy-ready postpartum recovery pack designed to make post-birth healing simple, accessible and stress-free.
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Are you coeliac aware?
Thursday | Mar 13 2025WITH up to 80% of Australians living with undiagnosed coeliac disease, Coeliac Awareness Week, which starts today, shines a light on this critical health condition to drive better awareness - and pharmacists are well-placed to spot early signs of it.
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Helping AYA cancer survivors thrive
Thursday | Mar 13 2025A team of Australian researchers at Prince of Wales Hospital and UNSW Sydney has launched a groundbreaking two-year study to better understand and address the psychological and cognitive challenges faced by adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors aged 15-25.
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CSIRO warns diets are going downhill
Wednesday | Mar 12 2025AUSTRALIA is currently on track to fall well short of its 2030 health targets, according to new research from the CSIRO, due to worsening eating habits in need of significant intervention.
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Detect kidney disease early
Wednesday | Mar 12 2025TOMORROW is World Kidney Day, and Kidney Health Australia is urging everyone to find out early if they are at risk of kidney disease, before symptoms appear.
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Call for Aus-made pain meds
Tuesday | Mar 11 2025PALLIATIVE Care Australia (PCA) has called on the Federal Govt to support the manufacture of opioid-based pain relief medication in Australia, reducing reliance on imports in the face of ongoing "heartbreaking" shortages.
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Concerns over workers’ comp opioid use
Tuesday | Mar 11 2025THOUSANDS of injured Victorian employees are receiving high-risk opioid prescriptions funded by the Victorian workers' compensation system, according to research led by Monash University.
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Optimising pharmacy services for autistic people
Tuesday | Mar 11 2025THE National Roadmap to Improve the Health and Mental Health of Autistic People was released at the end of Feb as an adjunct to the National Autism Strategy (PD 15 Jan).
